A colony of false sisal on a shell midden in coastal Manatee County, Florida, near the northern edge of its natural range. Photo: Dsandii, via
Savanna blazing star in bloom in pine flatwoods at New Tampa, Florida, in October. Photo: Dsandii, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Liatris savannensis, known
Grassleaf Barbara’s buttons in bloom at the Green Swamp Preserve in Brunswick County, North Carolina, one of the finest longleaf pine savannas left on the
A dense flower spike of pinkscale blazing star along the Awendaw Passage of the Palmetto Trail, coastal South Carolina, in mid-October. Photo: Evan M. Raskin,
Sugarcane plumegrass in October along a roadside near Polkton, Anson County, North Carolina. The fluffy plumes stand well above head height. Photo: Becky Dill, via
A rounded flower cluster of pinewoods milkweed at Simmons State Forest, Nassau County, Florida, with one of its broad, pink-veined leaves at left. Photo: ggallice,
Grassleaf coneflower in bloom in a wet savanna in Franklin County, Florida. Photo: Jody Shugart, via iNaturalist (CC BY 4.0) Rudbeckia graminifolia, the Grassleaf Coneflower,
A spring branch of yellowleaf hawthorn with toothed, shallowly lobed leaves and round white flower buds about to open. Photo: Michael J. Papay, via Wikimedia
Southern fogfruit in flower in Everglades National Park, Miami-Dade County, Florida. Each long-stalked head carries a ring of tiny white and pink flowers. Photo: Robert
A full-blooming softhair coneflower near Live Oak, Suwannee County, Florida, in July. Each branched plant carries dozens of yellow-rayed heads. Photo: Scott Allen Davis, via
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